The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-05-24
State Of Maine Cattle Commission.

An act to extipate contagious diseases
among cattle, passed by the last legislature
of Maine is now in force, and the following
rules and regulations have been adopted:
Chapter 1873, section 4, 5 and seven are as
follows
Section THAT any person or persons who
shall knowingly and wilfully refuse permission to
said commissioners, or either Of them to make, or
who knowingly and wilfully obStructs said COM
miss0ners, or either of them, in making all neees
sary examinations of, and as to animals supposed
by said commissioners TO be diseased as Aforesaid,
or In destroying the same, or who knowingly at
temptS TO prevent said commissioners, or either
of them, from entering upon the premises and 9TH
er places herein before specified where any of
said diseases are by said commissioners supposed
to exist, shall be deemed guilty OF misdemeanor,
and. upon conviction thereof, or of either of the
acts in this section prohibited, shall be punished
by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or by
Imprisonment not exceeding ninety days, or by
both fine and Imprisonment, at the discretion OF
the court.
Section 5-That any person who is the owner OF
or who Is possessed Of any interest In any AMI
mails affected with any of the diseases named In
section two of this act or any person who is
agent, common carrier, consignee or otherwise Is
charged with any duty In regard to any animal so
diseased, or exposed to the cOntag0n OF such dis
ease or any officer or agent charged with any du-
ties under the provisions OF this act, who shall
knowingly conceal the existence Of such conta-
giOus disease, or the fact Of such exposure to
said c0ntagion. and who shall knowingly and will
fully fall within reasonable time, to report to the
said commissioners, their knowledge or their in
of said disease, of such exposure thereto, shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. and shall be
punishable as provided In section four OF thisact
Section THAT no person or persons owning or
operating any railroad, nor the owner or owners,
or masters OF any steam, sailing, or other vessels
within the State, shall receive for transportation
or transport from one part Of the State to another
part of the State, or to bring from any other
state OF foreign country aIectea Mth any OF tne
have Deen exposed to such diseases, especially
the disease known as tuberculosis, knowing such
cattle TO be affected. or TO have been so exposed:
nor shall any person or persons, company or cor
poration, deliver for such transportation 70 any
railroad company, or to the master or owner OF
anyvessel, any cattle, knowing them to be az
fected with or to have been exposed TO any Of the
said diseases; nor shall any person or persons,
company or corporation, drive ON foot or trans
port Ill private conveyance, from one State 10
another part of the State, any cattle,
knowing the same to be affected with or to have
or persons Violating he PROVISIONS Of his Section
shall be deemed guilty OF a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof shall be punished by fine
not exceeding the sum of two hundred dollars, OF
by Imprisonment not exceeding six months, OF
by both hne and Imprisonment.
Whenever the commissioners shall inspect and
condemn an animal diseased, they Will cause
the appraisal of the animal or animals aiiected
with, or that have been exposed 70 said diseases
, and the same shall be destroyed and paid for as
provided in Sec. 10, out of moneys appropriated
| by this act, uponrequisition made by the commits
sionerS, and discussed by idhe Secretary, upon
| vouchers furnished by the commissioners or a
| majority of their board. Whenever the commits
soners shall decide animals TO be diseased, or TO
have been exposed to cOntagi0n, and the owner
| refuses to accept the sum authorized to be paid
under the appraisement provided for In this act,
the commissioners will declare and maintain a
| rigid quarantine of such animals at the expense
of the owner, and also of the premises or places
| where such cattle may be found. All notices Of
| disease among animals provided for in this act
| shall be made directly to the Veterinary lnspec
| tor of this board, who Will by himself or some
| other member Of the board, give the same theil
| immediate attention.
The Cattle Quarantine against the States o.
| Massachusetts and New York, ordered by the
old board, is hereby continued until further notice
| Massachusetts has now nine localities (and per
| haps more) infected with contagious Pleuro-Pneu
| m0nia, by cattle brought there from New York
and the stock interests of that State are in grea
| jeopardy. The great diligently which attends the
stamping ont of the infection Of contagious Pleuro
| Pneumonia, makes 1t the duty of all TO use every
endeavor to prevent its gaining footh0ld in Thu
State; but permit to bring cattle into this Stat,
| may be obtained by furnishing to this board full
| and satisfactory evidence Of non-nfection. AL
other cattle brought into this State without suel
| permit will be quarantined, rs above directed
until this order Is cancelled, and any violation o
| this order coming to our knowledge will be prose
/ cuted to the full extent of the law.
| +. o. BEALS, Bangor, President
w. W. HARRIS, Deering, Secretary and Treas
i urer.
GEO. H. BAILEY, Portland, Veterinary Inspector
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